9th July 2024  /  EAGLE FM

09 July 2024 OTR

1.Recon Africa has announced the spudding of the Naingopo exploration well on Petroleum Exploration Licence 73 (PEL 73), located onshore in northeast Namibia.

2.The headline annual inflation rate for June 2024 was 4.6 percent, down from 5.3 percent in June 2023. On a monthly basis, the inflation rate declined to 0.2 percent from 0.3 percent the previous month, according to the Namibia Consumer Price Index Bulletin report by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA).

3.The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform is hosting a week-long Annual Work Plan and Management Workshop in Oshakati, Oshana Region. During this workshop, the management is reviewing major activities and performance for the first quarter of the financial year.

4.Farmers in Kavango West are calling for the establishment of quarantine facilities and the relocation of elephants to address ongoing challenges in the region. These concerns were voiced during a recent meeting with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economic and Public Administration.

5.Hompa (Chief) Alfons Kaundu of the Mbunza Traditional Authority celebrated 23 years of chairmanship.